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Plastid Isoprenoid Metabolism in the Oyster Parasite Perkinsus marinus Connects Dinoflagellates and Malaria Pathogens—New Impetus for Studying Alveolates

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Acknowledgments

We thank Ulrike Brandt (Braunschweig) for excellent technical assistance, René Teich for practical assistance, and William Martin (Düsseldorf) for helpful comments on the manuscript. Preliminary sequence data of Perkinsus marinus were obtained from The Institute for Genomic Research through the Web site at http://www.tigr.org, and sequencing was accomplished with support from the National Science Foundation. Major financial support, including a Ph.D. stipend for C.G., was received from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (CE 1/27-2). This is VIMS contribution number 2871. The authors also want to thank two anonymous reviewers for careful reading and constructive criticism of the manuscript.

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  1. Institut für Genetik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, D-38106, Braunschweig, Germany

    Carina Grauvogel & Jörn Petersen

  2. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William and Mary, PO Box 1346, Gloucester Point, VA, 23062, USA

    Kimberly S. Reece

  3. Centre Robert Cedergren, Département de Biochimie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    Henner Brinkmann

  4. DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung für Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Inhoffenstraße 7 B, D-38124, Braunschweig, Germany

    Jörn Petersen

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Grauvogel, C., Reece, K.S., Brinkmann, H. et al. Plastid Isoprenoid Metabolism in the Oyster Parasite Perkinsus marinus Connects Dinoflagellates and Malaria Pathogens—New Impetus for Studying Alveolates. J Mol Evol 65, 725–729 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-007-9053-5

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